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Should you be worried about the banks?

2023-03-28 • Swedish • Svenska Dagbladet

The financial unrest has spread after bank collapses in both the US and Switzerland. What went wrong there and is there a risk that Swedish banks will also be affected?What is the best policy way for...

Crisis - but not a repeat of the financial crash

2023-03-13 • Swedish • Svenska Dagbladet

Is the Silicon Valley Bank mess the start of a repeat of the financial crisis? No, but on the other hand it could mean greater demands on the banking sector going forward, says Swedish House of...

Experts: Fear of unrealized losses contributes to bank panic

2023-03-10 • Swedish • Dagens industri

Swedish House of Finance director Bo Becker tells Dagens Industri that although the systemic fallout from the Silicon Valley Bank collapse can be contained, the financial sector is not out of the...

More "Johans" than women among fund managers

2023-03-08 • Swedish • Dagens industri

Recent figures from the Swedish House of Finance at the Stockholm School of Economics show that women make up only 20 percent of the share of financial researchers; in 2022 the number of female CEOs...

When will we peak inflation, and are we nearing the end of interest rate hikes?

2022-11-26 • Swedish • Börskollen

The European Central Bank (ECB) and the US Fed have raised their interest rates yet again. This week, Sveriges Riksbank is expected to make a statement. What can we expect for the future of the...

FTX's collapse is reminiscent of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis

2022-11-17 • Swedish • affarsvarlden.se

"The FTX Crypto Exchange was worth billions of dollars one day, only to collapse and go bankrupt the next. Do you hear an echo of Lehman Brothers? Or Ivar Kreuger? Or maybe the financial crisis of...

Mariassunta Giannetti is the Katarina Martinson Professor of Finance

2022-11-08 • Swedish • Dagens industri

SHoF’s Mariassunta Giannetti has been appointed as the Katarina Martinson Professor of Finance at Stockholm School of Economics’ School of Business, Economics and Law.

How effective are sustainability-linked bonuses?

2022-11-08 • Swedish • Dagens industri

Sustainability-related bonuses may help companies reach their environmental goals the way profit-linked rewards help firms reach their financial targets, SHoF director, Bo Becker told Dagens Inustri.

When will the interest rate be stabilized? Nyheter24 interviews Roine Vestman

2022-06-10 • Swedish • Nyheter24

Welfare implications of electric bike subsidies: Evidence from Sweden

2022-06-02 • International • voxeu.org

Electric bikes are a viable alternative to cars in urban areas, but how effective they are at reducing carbon emissions is unclear. This column finds that a 2018 Swedish e-bike subsidy programme was...